Summary
The first of two episodes on this tape. One in this satirical soap opera series about Mary Hartman, a housewife from Fernwood, Ohio. In this episode, Mary and Loretta talk about the sex life of Merle Jeeter and that of Ed and Howard McCullough; Loretta is depressed by the lukewarm press reception of her song "Vitamin L"; Charlie is upset that Loretta has not resigned from the Worldwide Missionary Center; Martha discovers that her father is a Choctaw named Billy Twelvetrees; Tom invites Mary to dinner to celebrate his new job at Peterson's Hardware Store, but the mention of Dennis Foley sours the evening; Cathy and Clete have dinner with the Shumways; and Mary is interviewed as part of a search for the "typical American consumer housewife." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE:
- RUNNING TIME: 0:22:37
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:58570
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: Syndicated - TV series, 1976-1977
- COMMERCIALS:
CREDITS
- Norman Lear … Executive Producer, Developed by
- Viva Knight … Producer
- Perry Krauss … Associate Producer
- Nessa Hyams … Director
- Gail Parent … Created by
- Jerry Adelman … Created by, Writer
- Daniel Gregory Browne … Created by, Writer
- Ann Marcus … Created by, Writer
- Earle Hagen … Music by
- Louise Lasser … Cast, Mary Hartman
- Greg Mullavey … Cast, Tom Hartman
- Mary Kay Place … Cast, Loretta Haggers
- Graham Jarvis … Cast, Charlie Haggers
- Philip Bruns … Cast, George Shumway
- Dody Goodman … Cast, Martha Shumway
- Claudia Lamb … Cast, Heather Hartman
- Debralee Scott … Cast, Cathy Shumway
- Larry Haddon … Cast, Ed McCullough
- Michael Lembeck … Cast, Clete Mizenheimer
- Bruce Solomon … Cast, Sergeant Dennis Foley
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